Will Lee III

Former cornerback at Texas A&M. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Texas A&M · Sr. · #4

6′1″ · 189 lb · Kirkwood, MO

CFB Index 56 · #149 of 364 cornersLow confidenceDrafted by Carolina — Rd 4, Pick 29, #129 overall

The story

Former cornerback at Texas A&M. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kirkwood in 2021.
Transferred from Kansas State to Texas A&M in 2024.
Drafted round 4 by the Carolina in 2026.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1937 nationally · Signed with Kirkwood

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How he projects

Gets targeted often and tackles in space.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Three seasons at Texas A&M, 134 tackles — drafted at #129 overall by Carolina.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2021

Recruited3-star out of Kirkwood

202310 games

Signed with Kansas State3-star out of Iowa Western C.C.

202411 games

Entered the portal
All-SECsecond

2026

Drafted by Carolinaround 4, pick 129

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1937 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #129

Carolina · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches

2023

Elijah Robinson

Texas A&M

2024–2025

Mike Elko

Texas A&M

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Elijah Robinson → Mike Elko. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Carolina2026 NFL rookie season

#129Rd 4 · Pick 29

Carolina2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2024Texas A&M8-5HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2025Texas A&M11-2HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #149 of 364?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (92nd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#85 / 2975 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#212 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles#600 / 2975 · 79th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.4	0.3	0.1	0.3
Road5g	3.8	0.0	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	0.2	0.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #149 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #149 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Texas A&M	50	40	2.0	1.0	7	--	--
2024	Texas A&M	42	39	0.5	0.0	10	2	--
2023	Kansas State	42	32	1.5	0.0	6	2	--
Career		134	111	4.0	1.0	23	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 41–40

at Notre Dame

6 TOT · 6 SOLO · 1 PD

Edged out Notre Dame on the road in a shootout.

With M. Reed — 360 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.3 · 37 rush yds (7 car) · M. Craver — 7 rec · 207 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs UTSA	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 44-22vs Utah State	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 41-40@ Notre Dame	6	6	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 16-10vs Auburn	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-9vs Mississippi State	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 34-17vs Florida	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 45-42@ Arkansas	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 9	W 49-25@ LSU	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 38-17@ Missouri	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 31-30vs South Carolina	5	5	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-27@ Texas	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	L 3-10vs Miami	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		50	40	2.0	1.0	—	7

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology